Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John McDonnell (Labour), on Wednesday, 4 March 2026, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 9 members in total.

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Assassination of Yanar Mohammed, women's rights campaigner

That this House expresses its deep sorrow and utter indignation following the brutal assassination of Yanar Mohammed, a prominent leader in the struggle for women’s equality and human rights in Iraq on 2 March 2026 in Baghdad; notes with alarm that Yanar Mohammed, the President of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI) and a distinguished member of the Central Committee of the Communist Alternative Organization, was critically wounded in a targeted attack by two unidentified terrorists on a motorcycle in front of her residence and tragically passed away shortly after being transported to the hospital; applauds her work as a tireless advocate for equality and as a dedicated communist activist, noting that Yanar Mohammed’s life was a testament to the fight against oppression; is aware that Yanar was acknowledged as one of the world’s leading women’s rights activists campaigning for more than four decades for freedom and equality; believes her assassination is a monumental loss not only for the women's movement in Iraq but for the internationalist struggle for justice and the global working-class movement; recognises that her courage inspired activists far beyond the borders of Iraq, including those within the Iranian labour and freedom movements; strongly condemns this act of terror and calls on the Government to demand that the Iraqi government take immediate and decisive action to identify the perpetrators and bring them to justice.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2902 

Session

2024-26

Other sponsors

Carla Denyer

Ellie Chowns

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Siân Berry

Brian Leishman

Subjects

Women Human rights Homicide Iraq Mohammed, Yanar

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk